Health Coach Section 1 ACTUAL
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Lifestyle Medicine (as defined by ACLM) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the use of evidence-
based lifestyle therapeutic approaches, such as a predominantly whole food, plant-based diet,
regular physical activity, adequate sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky substance
use, and other non-drug modalities to prevent, treat, and, oftentimes, reverse the lifestyle-
related, chronic disease that's all too prevalent
Health (as defined by WHO) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a state of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Holistic health - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅recognizing the connection between not only
physical and mental well-being, but also spiritual well-being
Wellness (as defined by NWI) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅an active process through which
people become aware of, and make choices toward, a more successful existance
Illness-Wellness Continuum - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅wellness is not the neutral point
without sickness and disease, but rather the continued essence of thriving
SAMHSA Eight Dimensions of Wellness - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅-occupational
-physical
-social
-intellectual
-spiritual
-emotional
-financial
-environmental
,Wheel of Wellness - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅an ecological model where outside
influences, such as global events, can greatly affect the wellness of individuals. spirituality
serves as the center/foundation of all wellness
Person-centered care - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a more personalized and comprehensive
approach to healthcare in which individuals are active participants in the process
Person-centered care key characteristics - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅-establishment of
trusting, collaborative relationships between patients and healthcare providers that are rooted
in empathy, compassion, and respect
-access to clear health information and education for patients and families to support
informed decision making
-coordinated and holistic approach to care by healthcare practitioners as informed by
evidence-based guidelines
-unwavering commitment to ensuring safe, quality, and accessible care by organizations that
recognize the psychosocial dimensions of health and healing
Healthcare integration (as defined by WHO) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅integrated health
services that are managed and delivered so that people receive a continuum of health
promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, disease management, rehabilitation, and
palliative care services coordinated across the different levels and sites of care
Five principal strategies that the WHO framework is centered on - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅1. empowering people
2. increasing accountability
3. redesigning the model of care
4. coordinating services
5. and fostering enabling environments
Eight defining principles of integrative medicine - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1. patient and
practitioner re partners in the healing process
2. all factors that influence health, wellness, and disease are taken into consideration,
including mind, body, spirit, and community
3. appropriate use of conventional and alternative methods that facilitate the body's innate
healing process
, 4. effective interventions that are natural (natural doesn't necessarily equate with "safe") and
less invasive should be used whenever possible
5. neither rejects conventional medicine nor accepts alternative therapies uncritically
6. good medicine in based in good science
7. alongside the concept of treatment, the broader concepts of health promotion and the
prevention of illness are paramount
8. practitioners should exemplify its principles and commit themselves to self-exploration and
self-development
How integrative medicine fits into disease prevention and public health promotion -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅-treatments that are unsafe, ineffective, poorly supported by
science, less effective than other options, cost prohibitive, and incompatible with patient
preference should never be used
-the remaining treatment options may require clinicians to choose a treatment that is
apparently safe, possibly effective, cost neutral, and desired by the patient, but not
definitively supported by evidence
-when evaluating any potential clinical intervention's risks and benefits, efficacy is typically
the major benefit assessment, but not the only benefit, and safety is the primary risk concern,
but not the only risk
Common types of coaches - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅-executive
-life
-health
Executive coaches - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅help executives develop their capacity to
deal with change and offer them support in reaching their organizational or work-related
goals
Life coaches - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅guide clients through cognitive, emotional, and
behavioral changes aimed at facilitating goal attainment and performance enhancement
Health coaches - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅individuals who partner with clients seeking
self-directed, lasting changes, aligned with their values, which promote health and wellness
and, thereby, enhance well-being
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Lifestyle Medicine (as defined by ACLM) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the use of evidence-
based lifestyle therapeutic approaches, such as a predominantly whole food, plant-based diet,
regular physical activity, adequate sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky substance
use, and other non-drug modalities to prevent, treat, and, oftentimes, reverse the lifestyle-
related, chronic disease that's all too prevalent
Health (as defined by WHO) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a state of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Holistic health - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅recognizing the connection between not only
physical and mental well-being, but also spiritual well-being
Wellness (as defined by NWI) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅an active process through which
people become aware of, and make choices toward, a more successful existance
Illness-Wellness Continuum - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅wellness is not the neutral point
without sickness and disease, but rather the continued essence of thriving
SAMHSA Eight Dimensions of Wellness - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅-occupational
-physical
-social
-intellectual
-spiritual
-emotional
-financial
-environmental
,Wheel of Wellness - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅an ecological model where outside
influences, such as global events, can greatly affect the wellness of individuals. spirituality
serves as the center/foundation of all wellness
Person-centered care - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a more personalized and comprehensive
approach to healthcare in which individuals are active participants in the process
Person-centered care key characteristics - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅-establishment of
trusting, collaborative relationships between patients and healthcare providers that are rooted
in empathy, compassion, and respect
-access to clear health information and education for patients and families to support
informed decision making
-coordinated and holistic approach to care by healthcare practitioners as informed by
evidence-based guidelines
-unwavering commitment to ensuring safe, quality, and accessible care by organizations that
recognize the psychosocial dimensions of health and healing
Healthcare integration (as defined by WHO) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅integrated health
services that are managed and delivered so that people receive a continuum of health
promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, disease management, rehabilitation, and
palliative care services coordinated across the different levels and sites of care
Five principal strategies that the WHO framework is centered on - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅1. empowering people
2. increasing accountability
3. redesigning the model of care
4. coordinating services
5. and fostering enabling environments
Eight defining principles of integrative medicine - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1. patient and
practitioner re partners in the healing process
2. all factors that influence health, wellness, and disease are taken into consideration,
including mind, body, spirit, and community
3. appropriate use of conventional and alternative methods that facilitate the body's innate
healing process
, 4. effective interventions that are natural (natural doesn't necessarily equate with "safe") and
less invasive should be used whenever possible
5. neither rejects conventional medicine nor accepts alternative therapies uncritically
6. good medicine in based in good science
7. alongside the concept of treatment, the broader concepts of health promotion and the
prevention of illness are paramount
8. practitioners should exemplify its principles and commit themselves to self-exploration and
self-development
How integrative medicine fits into disease prevention and public health promotion -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅-treatments that are unsafe, ineffective, poorly supported by
science, less effective than other options, cost prohibitive, and incompatible with patient
preference should never be used
-the remaining treatment options may require clinicians to choose a treatment that is
apparently safe, possibly effective, cost neutral, and desired by the patient, but not
definitively supported by evidence
-when evaluating any potential clinical intervention's risks and benefits, efficacy is typically
the major benefit assessment, but not the only benefit, and safety is the primary risk concern,
but not the only risk
Common types of coaches - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅-executive
-life
-health
Executive coaches - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅help executives develop their capacity to
deal with change and offer them support in reaching their organizational or work-related
goals
Life coaches - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅guide clients through cognitive, emotional, and
behavioral changes aimed at facilitating goal attainment and performance enhancement
Health coaches - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅individuals who partner with clients seeking
self-directed, lasting changes, aligned with their values, which promote health and wellness
and, thereby, enhance well-being
